Diamond Head Pimpama River, Coomera, August 2009

I went
on a mystery tour with Toni today, it was a mystery cause she didn't
even no where she was going but in the end we arrived at her spot. When
we first launched she told me it was up around the corner but it ended
up being around alot of corners. We traveled for almost 2 hours before
reaching her spot.

I had my new Humminbird 383CX on board today
lucky cause we would have lost our way if not for it as this sounder has
a uni maps on board and the area we were fishing was displayed on the
screen. I have never had a sounder like this before and not only did it
help me but in the end it helped Toni lead me to her spot. I was rather
shirty today as when we arrived at the spot it was less than 500 meters
from the Jacobs well ramp and we could have launched there and had far
more fishing time than launching at Diamond Head as we did today, I have
already said sorry Toni, but sorry again

We did near on 13 kms
today for one fish a 56 cm flathead, although I think Toni caught two
under size Bream. However I found some new ground and I will go back
later to explore this great looking piece of water. The conditions were
less than ideal today but on a better day and a different tide fishing
would be better.

For the first 3 kms it was a hard slog for Toni
but for me I just sat back and avoided the splashes coming over the bow
of the yak doing about 4 - 5 kph. Toni had her pacific action sail with
her today and when the wind was behind her she used the sail to her
advantage, with me being left behind. At times she was sailing faster
than my top speed of 6 kph.

We arrived at the spot and with it
being 1 o'clock I spent little time there as I wanted to be home before
dark. I let Toni soak her yabbies for a while and then the wind changed a
little and it started to push me back towards home so I drifted with
the tide that was pushing in and the wind. Not far down the creek the
channel opened up and as soon as my SP hit the water I was on. It felt
light in the beginning but I soon knew it was a flatty as I could feel
the head shakes. I got a look at it after a few minutes and was
surprised at just how large it was. Back at the ramp it measured only
56cm but it was a fat one for its length. I soon had it in the yak and
into the cooler bag after the photos.

I continued to drift back
as did Toni, finding new territory and deeper water. When it heats up a
bit I think the area we found could be a good spot for some Jacks. We
made our way back into the Pimpama River and made our way slowly back to
the ramp. With rain on the horizon we packed up and went home. Toni
took some snaps of my Flatty and kindly showed me how to fillet and skin
a flatty, Thanks Toni